Ninja Gaiden 3 starts out in a fantastic way, but loses its way quickly when it becomes apparent that combat hardly evolves. There are only a handful of enemy types and fewer weapons, exacerbating the repetition. The foundation for an amazing hack-and-slash is in Ninja Gaiden 3's soil, but it never fully blossoms into the epic it could have been.

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Ryu returns in Ninja Gaiden 3 with a new multiplayer mode and a more human side. Adam Sessler gets details from Team Ninja's Marko Bursac on 4-on-4 Clan Battle, recreating the feeling of killing someone with Steel on Bone, and more.